tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976081.post115487797190847521..comments2024-03-15T10:36:55.634+02:00Comments on Bat Aliyah: Women's VoicesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7976081.post-1160050268982073292006-10-05T14:11:00.000+02:002006-10-05T14:11:00.000+02:00Remind me to tell you the "Y'hei sh'mei raba" stor...Remind me to tell you the "Y'hei sh'mei raba" story. I hear you... but at the same time, I think that -- like all things female -- Hashem hears the voice inside a woman's head just as clearly as she does. (Remember Chana, who started it all for us?) And the same goes for men, doesn't it? I don't think they hear the prayer inside their heads the way we do. Perhaps G-d wants for them to hear it, to feel it, to get in touch with it. Why does a man need to "get drunk" at Purim, and a woman doesn't? Women don't put up walls between each other and G-d. Perhaps women put up fewer walls inside themselves, from themselves. Why does my beloved husband have a greater requirement to prayer than I do? I talk at G-d all day long. My husband admits that (unless the trunk lid of the car slams down on his head) he needs the structure to remember to speak to G-d. "My might and the strength of my hand" is a big struggle for them to overcome. I know there are always exceptions on both sides... but I really think this, too, is easier for us. We intuitively know that the bread on the table came from Him... and "he" just got to be the shaliach. Keep using your voice. But don't assume that I am silenced, just because you cannot hear me. I am praying just as loudly as you are, my precious friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com